Travel services in Australia
Australia: Travel services was 61.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Australia, 1989–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Australia is 61.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Australia peaked at 65.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 37.7%, in 2021.
Australia ranks 51st of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Travel services in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 41.1% | — |
| 1990 | 42.4% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 42.7% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 42.3% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 43.9% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 48.2% | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 49.4% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 50.4% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 49.8% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 48.2% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 52.6% | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 52.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 55.8% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 55.9% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 56.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 56.9% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 58.7% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 63.4% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 63.7% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 62.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 61.5% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 60.9% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 61.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 63.2% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 64.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 65.6% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 64.8% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 51.6% | -20.3% |
| 2021 | 37.7% | -27.0% |
| 2022 | 46.6% | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 60.6% | +30.2% |
| 2024 | 62.1% | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 61.0% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 46.7% | 42.3% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.5% | 48.2% | 63.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 60.9% | 65.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.3% | 37.7% | 62.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 48 Eritrea 64.2% compare
- 49 Saudi Arabia 63.7% compare
- 50 Botswana 63.2% compare
- 52 El Salvador 60.7% compare
- 53 Thailand 59.4% compare
- 54 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.4% compare
More private sector data for Australia
- Merchandise trade 36.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 310.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 337.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,225 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1877 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.9521 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Australia?
- Travel services in Australia was 61.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.7% in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for travel services?
- Australia ranks 51st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.